Silver salt spoon. Tubular handle with applied rings. Round bowl formed from a coin.
salt spoons
silver (metal)
Spoon, Serving
Spoon, Salt
Silver
Pope
Spoon, Salt
"PIVS IX PON./ MAXA XXI" (Minted on the front of the coin)
"STATO PONTIF/ 5/ SOLDI/ 1886." (Minted on the back)
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1460
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